complicit
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Or to believe that Edward Hicks, who was a Quaker and led a spartan life, was complicit in the horrors visited on Native Americans in the name of land acquisition?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 3, 2026
In the process, she gutted the ATS—a law signed by President George Washington in 1789—and slammed the door on countless suits against corporations complicit in human rights abuses.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026
Mark Cuban’s comments saying that Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd was complicit in the trade of superstar Luka Doncic to the Lakers perhaps contributed to Kidd’s firing.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
It did not name them but said they were "individuals who are responsible for, or complicit in, undermining resolution to the crisis in the Tigray region", external.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026
She was not the only widow made to feel as if she had been complicit in an unspeakable crime.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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